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Directory of Fellows and Research Associates, 1999-Present

The American Antiquarian Society has been awarding visiting research fellowships since 1972-73. These stipend-bearing awards have enabled a diverse group of researchers to spend anywhere from one month to a full year in residence at the Society.

Tolerable Entertainment:' Herman Melville, the Literary Profession, and the Cultural Life of Antebellum New York

Paula

Bennett

1996-97

University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale

associate professor

AAS-NEH

Dissenting Angels: The Emergence of Modern Subjectivity in American Women's Poetry, 1850-00

John

Nerone

1996-97

Institute of Communications Research, IL

associate professor

AAS-NEH

US Newspapers from the Revolution to the Industrial Revolution

David

Anthony

1996-97

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

PhD candidate

Peterson

Scandalous Aesthetics: Masculine Emotion and the Birth of the Public Sphere in Antebellum America

Megan

Haley-Newman

1996-97

College of William and Mary

PhD candidate

Peterson

Pest Control Strategies and Their Social Implications in the Chesapeake Area, 1600-1800

Rosemarie

Zagarri

1996-97

George Mason

Associate Professor of history

AAS-ASECS

Gender and the First Party System

Stephen

Simons

1997

The Peter Rouget

teacher

K-12

Middle School American istory Curriculum on Cookbooks of the Early Republic

Mark

Gale

1997

Coupeville High School, Coupeville, WA

teacher

K-12

Trace the rise of the anti-slavery movement in New England and the role of free African-Americans

Karen

Moran

1997

Auburn Middle School, Auburn, MA

teacher and co-ordinator

K-12

The First National Women's Right's Convention Held in Worcester in 1850

Marilyn

Arsem

1997

Museum of Fine Arts

on faculty

Wallace

Research 19th century Spritualism, as well as late 19th century daily life in New England, for a performance entitled 'Spirit Messages'

Stephen

O'Connor

1997

New York, NY

non-fiction writer

Artist

A history of the Orphan Trains

Pamela

Keech

1997

New York, NY

visual artist and independent curator

Wallace

Nurseries - Aninstallation picturing the lives of children in post Civil War America

Marguerite

Kirkpatrick

1997

Logan County High School

library media specialist

K-12

Study of journals, diaries, amateur newspapers, and letters of young people to use in curriculum development for interdisciplinary unites in social studies, language arts, family living and media classes

Carolyn

Eastman

1997-98

Johns Hopkins University

PhD candidate

Peterson

A Nation of Speechiers: Oratory, Print, and the Making of Gendered American Public, 1780-1850

Susan

Williams

1997-98

Ohio State University

associate professor

Botein

Writing Home: Female Authorship and Print Culture in America, 1820-00

Bret

Carroll

1997-98

University of Texas, Arlington

visiting assistant professor

Peterson

Religion and Masculinity in Antebellum America

Seth

Cotlar

1997-98

Northwestern University

PhD candidate

Peterson

In Paine's Absence: The Europeanization of American Political Thought, 1787-1803

Warren

McDougall

1997-98

University of Edinburgh

honorary fellow

ASECS

The Scots Book Trade to Boston and New York in the 18th Century

Andrew

Burstein

1997-98

University of Northern Iowa

assistant professor

Peterson

Sentimental Democracy: The Evolution ofAmerica’s Romantic Self-Image

Michael

Joseph

1997-98

Rutgers University

librarian

Peterson

McLoughlin Bros, 1858-1878

Nancy

Newman

1997-98

Brown University

PhD candidate

Peterson

Good Music for a Free People: The Germania Musical Society in the United States, 1848-1854